Carlo Lavoie is associate professor of French as a second language, Acadian and Québécois culture and literature at the University of Prince Edward Island. He is also Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Coordinator of the Program in Acadian Studies. He is interested in the historical, geographic, structural and memorial identity links which bind the individual to his or her community in developing new possibilities for inhabiting any given territory. His research and publications go beyond literary analysis, extending to interdisciplinary studies.

(2007). «The Bridge to the Non-space: from the Petitcodiac to the Deltas». In: Sanda Badescu (Ed.) From One Shore to another: Reflections on the Symbolism of the Bridge. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 129-139.

The International Relations Office Prospecting Fund, 2013, UPEI (2 000$)
Title of the project: «Research and Teaching and French: New International Faculty and Student exchanges in Romania and Serbia».

Major Research Grant (MRG), 2012-2013, UPEI (5 702$).
Title of the project: « A PEI Voice for Acadians and Francophones: The Editorials of La Voix acadienne between two World Acadian Congresses (2004-2009) ».